Hitching-strap clamp.



.No. 855,675. PATENTED JUNE 4, 17907. L. G.- SKINNER & E. MYERS.

HITGHING STRAP CLAMP. APPLIOATIION FILED JULY 23, 1900.

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HlTCHlNG-STRAP CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnwrs CAss SKINNER and EBENEZER MYERS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Catawba, in the county of Catawba andState of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements inHitching-Strap Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a clamp particularly adapted for use in' connectionwith a hitching strap for hitching a horse or other animal.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device for holdingthe strap clamped around a post or the like, and the device is providedwith means to prevent the strap from sliding up or down a post or alonga rail around which the strap may be placed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective view of the device applied to a hitching strapon a post; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is a top view.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a post and 7 ahitching strap. The clamp is applied to the strap for the purpose ofbinding the free end thereof after it is placed around the post.

The clamp has a back or base plate 8, and a front or face plate 9connected together by side pieces 10 to which the plates are connected.The base plate 8 extends beyond the ends of the frame, and saidextensions are provided with openings 11. The strap 7 is passed throughthese openings and between the side pieces 10, and the device is therebyheld on the strap and will not accidentally slip off.

The side pieces 10 have therein slots 11 which receive lugs 12 on theends of an intermediate plate 13 which is thus movable up and downbetween the front and back plates. The adjacent faces of the plates 8and 13 have projections 1% which serve to grip the strap therebetween.The gripping action is effected by means of a cam lever 15 which ispivotally mounted at 16 upon the face plate 9 and works through a slottherein, with its head bearing against the plate 13.

The back plate 8 has on its rear side a plurality of teeth 17 which areadapted to be driven into a post or the like.

In use, the free end of the hitching strap is passed around the post orrail and drawn through the clamp between the plates 8 and 13 andfastened by turning down the cam lever which clamps the strap betweenthe plates and holds the same fast forming a tight loop around the post.The teeth on the back of the clamp may then be driven into the wood by asmart stroke of the hand or otherwise. This holds the clamp in place onthe post and prevents the same from dropping to the ground and possiblycausing the horses legs to become tangled in the strap.

The clamp is portable, and it is intended that it shall remain on thestrap, and be car ried around therewith, so that it may be used to forma hitch on any post or the like.

WVe claim 1. A clamp comprising front and back plates connected togetherby side pieces at opposite edges, an intermediate plate movabletherebetween and having guides engaging the side pieces, and a cam leverpivoted on the front plate and bearing upon the intermediate plate, toadvance the same toward the back plate.

2. A strap clamp comprising front and back plates connected together byside pieces at opposite edges thereof, said side pieces having guideslots, an intermediate plate having lugs slidable in said slots, and apres sure device mounted on the front plate and bearing upon theintermediate plate.

3. A hitching device comprising a looped strap, a frame through whichboth ends of the loop extend, one upon the other, the frame having aback plate with slots through which one of said ends also extends, andprojecting teeth between said slots, and means to clamp the ends in theframe.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS CASS SKINNER. EBENEZER MYERS.

I/Vitnesses:

A. H. MoNEILL, R. A. RAYMER.

